Author: ProHoster

Sales of a smartphone with a flexible display Samsung Galaxy Fold will start on September 6

Samsung Galaxy Fold is one of the most anticipated smartphones of this year. Despite the fact that the South Korean company's first smartphone with a flexible display was presented at the beginning of the year, the start of sales was delayed several times due to problems with design and build quality. Not long ago, Samsung representatives confirmed that the Galaxy Fold will go on sale in September this year, but […]

Tesla raises prices for some electric car models in China

American electric vehicle maker Tesla announced on Friday it will increase prices for some electric vehicle models in China. The decision came as China's yuan currency fell to its lowest level in 10 years. The starting price of one of the company's key models, the Tesla Model X crossover, is currently 809 yuan ($900 […]

"Yandex.Browser" for Windows received a quick search on sites and music controls

Yandex has announced the release of a new version of its browser for computers running Windows operating systems. Yandex.Browser 19.9.0 received a number of improvements and innovations. One of them is built-in controls for music playback on websites. A special remote control has appeared on the sidebar of the web browser, which allows you to pause and resume playback, as well as switch tracks. A new way to manage […]

Firefox 69 Release: Improved Power Efficiency on macOS and Another Step to Stop Flash

The official release of the Firefox 69 browser is scheduled for today, September 3, but the developers uploaded the builds to the servers yesterday. Release versions are available for Linux, macOS and Windows, and source codes are also available. Firefox 69.0 is currently available via OTA updates on your installed browser. You can also download the network or full installer from the official FTP. AND […]

Linux From Scratch 9.0 and Beyond Linux From Scratch 9.0 published

New editions of the Linux From Scratch 9.0 (LFS) and Beyond Linux From Scratch 9.0 (BLFS) manuals, as well as the LFS and BLFS editions with the systemd system manager, have been introduced. Linux From Scratch provides instructions for building a basic Linux system from scratch using only the source code for the required software. Beyond Linux From Scratch augments LFS instructions with assembly information […]

Greg Kroah-Hartman switched to Arch Linux

TFIR published a video interview with Greg Kroah-Hartman, who is responsible for maintaining the stable branch of the Linux kernel, as well as being a maintainer of a number of Linux kernel subsystems (USB, driver core) and the founder of the Linux driver project ). Greg talked about changing the distribution on his work systems. Despite the fact that until 2012 Greg […]

GTK 4 is expected next fall

A plan has been outlined for the formation of the GTK 4 release. It is noted that it will take about another year to bring GTK 4 to its proper form (GTK 4 has been developing since the summer of 2016). There are plans to have one more experimental release of the GTK 2019x series ready by the end of 3.9, followed by a final test release of GTK 2020 in the spring of 3.99, including all intended functionality. Release […]

Salary Biography in Germany 2019

I provide an incomplete translation of the study “Development of wages depending on age.” Hamburg, August 2019 Cumulative income of specialists depending on their age in gross euros Calculation: average annual salary at age 20 35 * 812 years = 5 at age 179. Annual salary of specialists depending on age in euros gross Annual salary […]

Confidential cloud. We are looking for an alternative to open solutions

I am an engineer by training, but I communicate more with entrepreneurs and production directors. Some time ago, the owner of an industrial company asked for advice. Despite the fact that the enterprise is large and was created in the 90s, management and accounting work the old fashioned way on a local network. This is a consequence of fears for their business and increased control by the state. Laws and regulations […]

Funkwhale - decentralized music service

Funkwhale is a project that makes it possible to listen and share music within an open, decentralized network. Funkwhale consists of many independent modules that can “talk” to each other using free technologies. The network is not associated with any corporation or organization, which gives users some independence and choice. The user can join an existing module or create […]

Synthing v1.2.2

Syncthing is a program for synchronizing files between two or more devices. Fixes in the latest version: Attempts to undo changes to Sync Protocol Listen Address were unsuccessful. The chmod command did not work as expected. Prevented log leak. There is no indication in the GUI that Syncthing is disabled. Adding/updating pending folders increased the number of saved configurations. Closing a closed channel […]